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lundi 24 juillet 2017

“A Return to Cromley Hall offers both of The Glimmer Room's faces with a music to capsize you the soul and with sound experiments which have allowed Andy Condon to reach the doors of fame”

1 A Return to Cromley Hall 21:022 Walking with Marie Lairre (Ross Baker Remix) 15:033 Walk to the Rectory (10 April 2013) 9:58Silent Rookery ‎– silentcd07(E.P. 46:03)***½Honestly, I've never seen this E.P. from The Glimmer Room pass in front of my ears. I who is an unconditional fan of Andy Condon music!? This is something that I couldn't forgive myself up until now that I also received another The Glimmer Room's mini album; The Locked Book. And it's around 3 years after A Diary of Occurrences that will come this suite about the mysterious house of Cromley Hall. “A Return to Cromley Hall” has seduced me straight out with the opening of the moods from the title-track and which has cooled my feelings with 2 soundscapes very thoughtful but also stripped of music and emotion.Steps on the pavement and distant sounds of vehicles on the road decorate the introduction of "A Return to Cromley Hall". If Andy Condon absolutely wanted to go away from the very mysterious and melancholic vibes of I Remain on A Diary of Occurrences, the first ringings of notes which pierce the heavy translucent fog of the opening is a return in the lands of AndyCondon's key work. Everything is set here to extend the 9 chapters of I Remain. Keyboard keys where the tone of glass ring with a mesmerizing melancholy, a line of bass which stimulates a wave-like and ambient rhythm as well as layers of mist where violins and celestial voices imprison the ascent of our emotional adrenalin. Simply magical, "A Return to Cromley Hall" spreads its charms with a dramatic intensity which makes its effect. Listening to it just after the whole of I Remain will give you this impression of an album continuity. Simply great! "Walking with Marie Lairre" is a remix of We Walked with Marie Lairre done by Ross Baker. We can feel here the distant fragrances of this title which has closed A Diary of Occurrences, in particular at the level of the orchestrations, but it's more of a recording field with sound elements stuck in dark and lugubrious effect of winds and voices. There is always this twinkling melody which seems to be frozen in this decoration a bit surrealist which has all appearances of a soundtrack in order to narrate a story. If one likes the samplings of various noises in a Dark Ambient style, it's the kind of title that will please you undoubtedly. "Walk to the Rectory" is literally a walking, in real time, towards the presbytery which was recorded with the surrounding noises of it. Even if both ideas are brilliant, they are stripped of music, set apart for some bits stuck in "Walking with Marie Lairre". It should be noted that "Walk to the Rectory" was added later because initially “A Return to Cromley Hall” was an E.P. of 36 minutes. But no matter, this suite to A Diary of Occurrences offers both of The Glimmer Room's faces with a music to capsize you the soul and with experiments which allowed the tenebrous English musician to reach the doors of fame. If you have loved I Remain, you have to hear "A Return to Cromley Hall".Sylvain Lupari (July 24th, 2017)synth&sequences.comYou will find this album on the Bandcamp page of The Glimmer Roomhere

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My name is Sylvain Lupari from Joliette in Quebec (Canada). I’m known as Phaedream all over the Internet since the beginning of 2000 where I started to write reviews. In 2005, I joined the French Webzine Guts of Darkness and on August 2010 I created a Blog, Synth & Sequences, which has reached the point of 1 000,000 visitors on February 2017 where I also wrote my 1354th review. In French and in English, I wrote more than reviews of EM albums.
This Blog is a huge success and reference about the music which sets my mind free over the years. Too many chronicles, so I have to split this Blog in several sections. Robert Schroeder is the first to welcome my thoughts on Webpress.
So, welcome to this part of my Blog Synth&Sequences which is devoted to the music, the tones and sounds of Aachen’s own Robert Schroeder.
Here you will find informations about his career and discography and latest news as well as deep reviews about his music, his albums.
My only wish is to guide you through his impressive career and may I suggest to visit regularly my Blog Synth & Sequences for more updates on EM.